I pretended to be mute to escape my old life. It got me a job cooking for a billionaire's chaotic family. The kid adored me. The parents stopped fighting. And Ethan, the cold workaholic CEO, started coming home early just to watch me not talk. But the longer I stayed silent, the more he noticed. And when he finally confronted me, his question wasn't about the lie. It was about the kiss I tried to forget.
